Powerbook G4 started making HD noises I don't think it did before?

This might sound odd but when I'm scrolling pages or sometimes when I'm moving the mouse the HD (im assuming) has started to make sounds it didn't before, is this normal and just what happens? I just hoped something wasn't starting to "go" in the hardware. It's nothing really loud and everythign runs fine, I'd just like to make sure

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According to this article, an interrupted download will resume automatically:'
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